Johann Storm
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| Biographical Information | |
| Born | 28 January 1976, 42 |
| City of Birth | Hanover, Germany |
| Current City | London, England, UK |
| Residence | 2B, House of Atreus, Knightsbridge |
| Blood status | Half-blood |
| Also known as | Joh |
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| Gender | Male |
| Height | 6'1" |
| Hair Colour | Black |
| Eye Colour | Blue |
| Skin Colour | Fair |
| Relationships | |
| Father | Wolfgang Storm |
| Mother | Camille Storm |
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| Boggart | Himself, obliviated |
| Patronus | Starling (European variety) |
| Education | |
| School | Durmstrang Institute |
| Class of | 1994 |
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| Playby | Benedict Cumberbatch |
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Johann is a linguist with the British Ministry of Magic.
Childhood and Family
Alumni of Durmstrang, Johann was born in Hanover, Germany but grew up in Frankfurt as his parents both worked for Chrysopoeia. Johann's father was Wolfgang Storm, and his mother Camille Storm. His great uncle was famous former Durmstrang's headmaster, Merik Storm, he is a cousin to Ignan Storm, Sasha Schlagenweit, third cousin to Elixa Mordent and by extension, Gabrielle Murray.
Profession
After graduating, he traveled much around the world to improve his linguistic skills. On returning to Germany, he became a consulting linguist for the hospitals, tradesmen and Ministry. He earned considerable amounts for accurately translating legal documents and contracts, documents that tradesmen were reluctant to draw up by magic as they could be tampered with. He also taught languages to a handful of paying customers.
Life in Britain
2009
Johann left Germany in a hurry in January 2009 after trying to assist the Germany ministry in convicting a criminal who had sought Johann for help. The Ministry handled it poorly, and Johann fled the revenge sought by the criminal. He began a life in Britain, hoping to be employed in the Ministry of Magic. He was soon employed as a part time linguist/translator with the Department of International Magical Cooperation. Later in 2009 this became a full time post, and he supervised interns Adelia Delacroix and Sasha Schlagenweit.
From summer 2009, he lived with Colin Downer one of his best friends. In late 2009 Johann struggled with a sleeping potion addiction leading to Sleeping Potion Overdose. The circumstances of which led to him meeting Arcturus Hollingbury.
2010
In January 2010 it was revealed he had become engaged to werewolf and healer, Hannah Bombay, which occurred on Christmas Day 2009. This was a surprise to many of those close to Johann. It was of course a sham, led by confusion between the two friends, and they called it off.
Late January 2010, he became romantically involved with Arcturus Hollingbury, though this was not made public, partly due to Arcturus being Johann's assigned healer. A few months later they parted company, Arcturus going to Malaysia to do research.
By April Johann moved into his cousin Ignan Storm's house in Godric's Hollow with house elf, Gerda.
In June, his parents Wolfgang Storm and Camille Storm arrived unexpectedly. They stayed temporarily with Ignan and Johann in Godric's Hollow. Although Ignan asks them all to move out, Johann remained living there until the end of June.
Following the retirement of Augustus Bellingham, Johann became Acting Head of Office with the translations team. During summer he stayed with a series of friends including Gabrielle Murray, Elixa Mordent, and Colin Downer, stopping in spare rooms and on sofas.
In late July 2010, he witnessed Hannah Bombay, in werewolf form, bite his father Wolfgang Storm (part of Werewolf Games). He fled to hide with Adelia Delacroix before turning himself in. He continued to move from place to place to stay, estranged from his mother, Camille Storm.
In September 2010, he began to see Balfour Spectre after a spontaneous and unexpected encounter at Le Masquerade. Late September is dominated by the wizengamot trial and eventual death of Wolfgang Storm.
October 2010 marked a change. Johann's sleeping potion addiction reached a new crisis point, and a rash interview on The Haunting Hour did not help matters at work. To cope, Johann elected to return to part-time hours, and attempted to take on more private work, most notably for Ira Almasy who also offered him a place to live at House of Atreus. Amongst this, Arcturus Hollingbury returns to Britain to add additional confusion to the situation, as he resumes his role as Johann's healer.
In November 2010, Johann was reunited suddenly with Hannah Bombay following the Werewolf Games on the night of the Remember, Remember explosions. Late November he took Balfour Spectre away to Morocco though the departure was overshadowed by bad news regarding his addiction. At the end of the month, frustrated by a lack of progress regarding Wolfgang Storm's death, Johann implored the Improper Use of Magic office for help.
December 2010 got off to no better start, as Johann unwittingly assisted Ira Almasy to contaminate St Mungo's Hospital (Poisons and Painkillers) and ended up poisoned by his sleeping potions. It is not all bad - he also moved in with Balfour Spectre and spent a happy Christmas with the Spectre clan, acknowledging properly that he had fallen in love.
2011
In January 2011, it is a new year which Johann is determined to use for the better. He resolved to learn to swim with Arcturus Hollingbury's help and made a great effort to reduce potion consumption. Ira Almasy derailed the efforts temporarily by attacking Johann when he queried the evens of Poisons and Painkillers. Luckily both Balfour Spectre and Hannah Bombay were able to step in to help. The attack also allowed Johann and Balfour to disclose their true involvement with Ira to each other and begin to form a plan. Towards the end of the month Johann turned 35.
